My God Reigns

We wanted to take a moment to update you how God has been guiding our journey lately. In one of our previous post we asked you to pray that we would be reminded that this is HIS Journey and HIS TIMING! He has definately revealed that to us during the past few weeks.

HOME STUDY-We thought that we had researched and chose the best home study agency in North LA. (I still believe that they are a Great agency!:)) BUT they were not who God had planned for our journey. We tried to arrange a meeting with them several times but due to our schedule conflicts, their schedule conflicts, and them being over booked. We decided to take the advice of a friend and contacted a different agency. When we called them I had NO PLANS of changing agencies I just felt that God was trying to show me somthing... After the 1st 5 minutes of the phone call it was obvious that God had plans for us to change. I said "No God, besides I'm sure he can't meet with us for several weeks anyway." So God said "just ask" and to my suprise the agency was willing to meet with us the following Saturday. (this call was on Thursday!) We booked an appt and met with them on Saturday! We knew from the moment we walked into the office we were where God wanted us to be! When introducing themselves they explained that God had given them a talent and they wanted to serve Him by helping to get children out of orphanges and into loving Christian homes! Now for the Bonus-They also plan to have our home study completed 5 months sooner than we expected! That means 5 months closer to meeting Baby Cantrell!!! PRAISE GOD!


We also had our very 1st conference call with our family coordinator from our adoption agency! We are very excited to know that she will be assisting us along the journey! She seems GREAT!:)


It's so neat to see God at work! We received an email this week from a couple from Shreveport. We met last summer when they hosted an international adoption seminar for our agency. (That is also when God told us WHERE to adopt from!) They recently met a couple who just started the adoption process with our same agency. The couple is in their mid twenties and just returned from serving on the mission field in Kazakhstan working with orphanages! They asked if we would be interested in contacting them?! We said OF COURSE!(Special thanks to Allen and Danise for thinking of us!) We contacted the couple and asked if they would be interested in sharing with us about Kaz. They said they would LOVE to visit, show pictures, or whatever they can do to help us learn more about Kazakhstan! We are beyond thrilled about this! We will not only be able to learn more about Kaz and orphanage life from them, we will also be going through the adoption process at the same time! What an encouragment that will be! We are so grateful for God allowing our paths to cross! "My God Reigns!"

I would like to share with you a quote from this couple that really blessed my heart. "It thrills our heart that people from America are going to adopt from a country that most people have never heard of. The Kazakh people are incredibly resilient, hospitable and also incredibly lost so it is very cool that your little one will get a chance to hear the GOSPEL!" -Praise God!


Thank you all for continuing to remember Baby Cantrell, Marty and I in your prayers! We are very grateful for your love, prayers, and support!